# American Protocol **Domain:** American Comportment Domain **System:** [[wiki/American Comportment|American Comportment]] ## Definition American Protocol is institutional and ceremonial order adapted to a republic of equal human dignity. Precedence, introductions, flags, sequence, dress, gifts, and occasions orient people toward shared meaning rather than hereditary worth. Learning the rules reduces anxiety and allows attention to return to the event and its participants. Presence is the gift because protocol should support the occasion rather than become the occasion. ## Place in the American System American Protocol is developed from [[american/American Comportment - 07 - Occasions and Protocol|American Comportment - 07 - Occasions and Protocol]] and belongs to [[collections/American|the American Collection]]. Its role is to keep one stable concept available across doctrine, character, comportment, material culture, intelligence participation, and alliance work without collapsing those levels into one another. ## Relationships [[wiki/Diplomatic Grade|Diplomatic Grade]] · [[wiki/Alliance Stewardship|Alliance Stewardship]] · [[wiki/American Refinement|American Refinement]] ## Sources / Provenance The governing source is [[american/American Comportment - 07 - Occasions and Protocol|American Comportment - 07 - Occasions and Protocol]]; the wider architecture is routed through [[wiki/American System|American System]].